Sad-iron.



PATBNTED 00T. 6, 1903. 0. TVBRDAHL.

SAD IRON.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1903.

No. 740,996. y

No MODEL.

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UNITEDk STATES Patented October 6, 1903.

lPATENT OFFICE.

OLE TVERDAHL, OF CANAL DOVER, OHIO, ASSIGNORA OF ONE-EIGIITH TO L. M. DOWNS, OF CANAL DOVER, OHIO.

SAD-IRON.

A.SPTECIFCA'llION formingpart of Letters Patent N o. 740,996, dated October 6, 1903.

l Application filed January 2,1903. Serial No. l3 7,517. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concer/n.-

Be it known that I, OLE TVERDAHL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canal Dover, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to sad-irons; and the object thereof is to form an improved detachable handle for engaging the heater block or body of the iron. l

Generally speaking, the invention comprises a heater block and a combined split cover and handle which springs open or yields to receive the block therein and which may be sprung open by a finger-lever to drop the same.

In the accompanying drawings7 Figure l is a side elevation of the iron. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing the parts separated and the cover sprung open. Fig. 4. is a perspective View showing the under side of the finger-lever removed from the cover. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. l.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the heater block or body of the iron, having the usual smooth bottom surface for ironing. thereof which when the cover is in place enter holes 7 in each side of the cover 7, and thereby fasten the cover and block together. The cover is made of proper shape to t over and inclose the top and sides of the heaterblock andis split longitudinally and centrally from frontto rear points, forming two separate halves. The standards 8 of the handle are also split, each standardbeing formed in two-parts, each of which is attached to one part or half of the cover. These parts of the handle are formed of flattened spring metal and normally tend to bring the halves of the cover together. The parts of the handlestandards are joined above to receive the wooden handpiece Se'.

. The lever to open the cover by separating This body has lugs 6 on each side its parts comprises a plate 9, fitting between the standards of the handle, havingtwo flanges 9a on 'the' under side thereof. These iianges project downwardly through the joint between the halves of the cover and are curved or formed into oppositely-disposed clasps embracing, respectively, the opposite parts of the top plate of the cover. The lever-plate has a thumb-piece 9b projecting from one end thereof in convenient position to be pressed sidewise by the thumb of a hand claspin g the handle. When sopressed sidewise, the edect is to turn the lever, as indicated in Fig. 3, and the iianges engage the opposite parts of the cover to spread the same apart a sufdcient distance to release the lugs 6a from the holes 7a, when the cover may be lifted off the block. When attaching the cover to the block, it is only necessary to press the cover down over the block with suiicient force to cause the sides to spread and snap over the lugs,which action is facilitated-by the inclined form of the sides of the iron.

The cover and metallic handle parts may be made of any suitable material and in any desired manner Within the scope of my invention; but in the'practical-manufacture of the same the said parts are preferably all formed of one piece of sheet metal-that is, the halves of the cover and the metal parts of the handie are formed by being cut and shaped from a single sheet of metal', the halves being joined at the top of the standards, and after stamping are folded together upon each other to form the complete device, excepting the thumb-lever, which is made separately.

VjVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a sad-iron, the combination with a heaterblock having lugs projecting from the sides thereof, of a cover formed in two parts yieldingly held together inclosing the I block and OLE TVERDAHL.

Witnesses:

L. M. DOWNS, EDw. TVERDAHL.

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